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Don't tell any proud Scot that the kilt and the haggis were invented in Lancashire, England. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Rawlinson_(industrialist) I love haggis, by the way. I had one the other night. If you've never had one, I suggest you do. It's delicious.

Her predecessor was Salmond. Unfortunately, there's no fishy candidate in the running this time around. The frontrunners to replace Sturgeon are Angus Robertson, Kate Forbes, Humza Yousaf and John Swinney, so Scotland may soon have its first Muslim leader.

The Koh-i-Noor is in the Queen Mother's Crown. It was given to the British after they annexed East Punjab in 1849 during the reign of the then 11-year-old Maharaja of the Sikh Empire Dileep Sikh. It belongs to the British. The Queen should have been crowned with that diamond. This woke nonsense...

Camilla, the Queen Consort, will not wear a crown featuring the controversial Koh-i-Noor, Buckingham Palace has said. Instead, she will be crowned with Queen Mary's Crown, which has been taken out of the Tower of London to be resized for the 6th May Coronation. It is thought to be the first...

Nicola Sturgeon has announced she is resigning as Scotland's First Minister after more than eight years in the role. The Scottish National Party leader said she knew "in my head and in my heart" this was the right time to step down. Ms Sturgeon said she would remain in office until her...

How's it detrimental to the United Kingdom? https://appgpandemic.org/news/cost-of-living-crisis

You eat hot dogs.

Yeah. Bankrupting ourselves and sending half our army's tanks to another country to help it fight a war which has no detrimental effect on us whatsoever is nothing to whine about. We have a cost of living crisis sparked by the unnecessary lockdowns which you supported (I seem to remember)...

Do you know what spotted dick is?

They may be British, but punk rockers The Sex Pistols have entered the competition to represent the Republic of Ireland in this year's Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Hawaii." An image of what the stage will look like at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool The 2023...

Zelensky arrived in London this week to ask the British for fighter jets. This isn't surprising when Britain is second only to the US in funding Ukrainian war efforts. As the EU drags its heels, not for the first time Britain is expected to bankrupt itself in the name of defending the liberty...

They'll not be much use for anyone who doesn't like tomatoes.

Brexiteer Lee Anderson has just been promoted to Vice-chairman of the Tory Party by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Anderson has already caused outrage amongst the Left for his outspoken views in favour of Brexit and against all things woke, but the Brexiteer's latest stance on the death penalty...

Brexit Britain has just signed its first trade partnership with an EU country - Eurosceptic Giorgia Meloni's Italy. British Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch was in Rome to seal the deal. The two countries - which are similar in area, population and GDP - hope it will increase trade and investment...

King Charles coronation logo created by iPhone designer BBC News Friday 10th February 2023 The logo features the English rose, the Scottish thistle, the Welsh daffodil and the Northern Irish shamrock By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent The official logo for King Charles III's coronation, to...

Who Do These People Think They Are?

It's bad. Although the ban doesn't apply to glassing Burnley fans. If you glass a Burnley fan they look even less disfigured than the way they looked since birth.

I don't know why they banned that. Since then Bolton Wanderers fans have no longer been able to glass Blackburn Rovers fans in their faces, so all the joy has been taken out of attending football matches. They no longer have the family friendly atmosphere that they used to do. In the old days...

No crown for King Charles on new stamp BBC News Wednesday 8th February 2023 Everyone under the age of 50 will have to get accustomed to no longer seeing Queen Elizabeth II on their stamps. The world's first postage stamp was the Penny Black, issued in 1840 and depicting Queen Victoria By...

Sunak defends UK sanctions on Russian money The next question comes from Natalia, a journalist with the BBC's Ukrainian service. She starts her comments in Ukrainian, before getting up and receiving a hug from Zelensky, who goes on to joke that he needs better security. Once he's back at his...